"Suit weight" can be worsted or woolen. I've had modern tabby-woven
woolens full an awful lot--something like 30%--in the wash. Worsted is
much less likely to full.
Jen/pixel
On Fri, 28 Sep 2007, Audrey Bergeron-Morin wrote:
They won't full, or I'd be surprised if they moved more than very
slightly. Modern fabrics, especially those types of fabrics, are
treated so they don't full in the wash.
(Now, I know there's a difference between worsting, fulling and
felting, but I don't think it's relevant to the present
conversation...)
On 9/28/07, Judith Bolenbaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
For the suit weights, would they need fulling first, since they're so smooth?
Soffya
Dawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Beteena Paradise wrote:
I'd like to make some roughly 14th c stuff... gothic fitted dress for me and
a cotehardie or cotte for my husband.
The problem is that I am not sure which modern fabrics to choose. If I were
to look somewhere like fashionfabricsclub.com, on what types of fabrics should
I concentrate? Or what types should I avoid?
FashionFabrics has some nice linen that will be good for your linings
and undergarments.
IMO melton is much too thick. You want a suit weight wool.
Dawn
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